Example sentences of "[adj] at a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Here , Thames Television in London is waiting to play ’ Home and Away ’ out to Central at an agreed time . |
2 | Even if the proved debt did not include the right to interest , interest can be claimed , up to the date of the bankruptcy order in the following cases : ( i ) in respect of a debt due by virtue of a written instrument payable at a certain time , interest may be claimed from that time ( r 6.113(2) ) at judgment rate ( r 6.113(4) ) ; ( ii ) otherwise , after demand for repayment has been made stating that interest will thereafter be charged ( r 6.113(3) ) then at the rate specified in the notice provided that it does not exceed judgment rate and is only from the date of the demand ( r 6.113(4) ) . |
3 | It does indeed get dark at a sensible time so it 's possible to go to bed before about one in the morning . |
4 | These items may be small or large , and they are produced under conditions of what is appropriate at a given time , rather than conditions which are standardised . |
5 | With American acquiescence , the UN has recently endorsed the principle that an international peace conference on Palestine might be useful at an appropriate time . |
6 | Hildreth states that , " As an interactive system the online catalog can dynamically communicate with its user ; it can be responsive and informative at a given time to a given need " all of which was not possible in previous catalogues . |
7 | The ‘ radical theology ’ contained in the book formed the basis of the movement called ‘ situational ethics ’ which proposed that ‘ our moral decisions must be guided by the actual relationships between the persons concerned at a particular time in a particular situation , and compassion for persons overrides all law . |
8 | to the managing director , who was available at a certain time . |
9 | A claim for group relief will be accepted outside the statutory two-year time limit where one of the following can be demonstrated : the Inland Revenue contributed materially to the failure to submit a timely claim ; for reasons beyond his or her control , a person vitally concerned in the making of a claim was not available at a crucial time ; for reasons beyond the claimant company 's or its agent 's control , the need for the claim could not have been perceived before the time limit expires , and the claim was made as soon as reasonably possible in all the circumstances . |
10 | In the struggle between them and the King 's Courts for jurisdiction over ecclesiastical property — the right to present a clergyman to a living , for instance — the King 's Courts were successful at an early time in getting and keeping the jurisdiction in their own hands . |
11 | FAMILY SIZE — Though , in other contexts , it may refer to the size of the family ( i.e. the number of family members ) , in connection with fertility studies it usually denotes the number of live births to a woman ( sometimes only those children who are alive at a given time , e.g. at the time of the observation ) . |
12 | he is stating the play 's premise : that at a certain time and place , existence could be based on immoral , infected , cynical and sour values . |
13 | Well , the answers to that of course are very complicated , but they all became interested or anxious at a similar time about the problems of extreme poverty . |
14 | Many users can be active at a given time but it is an assumption at present that each user holds a single current record position at any given time . |
15 | The oilseed rape , desiccated on July 20 with Roundup ( glyphosate ) will probably be ready at a similar time . |